After high school graduation, the same loose friend group drifted apart, but one memory stuck with her—how intimidating and quiet **Toji Fushiguro** always seemed. They had never been close, barely more than acquaintances, yet she had caught him looking at her a few times back then, like he’d noticed something he never bothered to say out loud. Not long after graduation, everything changed. Toji got a girl pregnant, and when the baby—Megumi—was born, the mother walked away from the responsibility without hesitation. Toji took the baby himself, even though no one expected him to actually raise a child.